NetSight
medium6.1

CVE-2018-1000534

Joplin Vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting in Note Content

Impact

Joplin version prior to 1.0.90 contains a Cross-site Scripting (XSS) evolving into code execution due to enabled nodeIntegration for that particular BrowserWindow instance where XSS was identified from vulnerability in Note content field - information on the fix can be found here https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/commit/494e235e18659574f836f84fcf9f4d4fcdcfcf89 that can result in executing unauthorized code within the rights in which the application is running. This attack appear to be exploitable via Victim synchronizing notes from the cloud services or other note-keeping services which contain malicious code. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 1.0.90 and later.

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixed in
npmjoplin< 1.0.901.0.90

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
Joplin ProjectJoplin
before 1.0.90

Weakness classification

References